Occupy display; so effective one of the books is already gone.
HEADS UP next Monday, November 7, Keith Gessen of n+1 and contributors to the OCCUPY! gazette will be here discussing the movement and taking questions. Free, 7PM, and we’ll have gazettes on hand
by theobservant
[The Book Revue’s] discount tables are the main contributing component to the fact that I have more books than I actually know what to do with.
This may come as a shock to you, but I’m not a millionaire. I try to be somewhat frugal, (which is hard to do when it comes to books) but when I pay a visit to The Book Revue, it is extremely rare occurrence if I don’t leave with at least two new books in hand. But most times, it’s like five. Call it excessive, but when the books are this affordable it’s hard not to be glutinous. It’s so hard! (Continue Reading)
Select Titles from the Occupy Wall Street Library
FDR and The New Deal For Beginners by Paul Buhle
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Payback by Margaret Atwood
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Sixties by Jenny Diski
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![A “book forest” in Berlin where you can leave or take books for free!
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A “book forest” in Berlin where you can leave or take books for free!
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A new home for my books and a more productive workspace. Wait, that second part is a lie. The only way this desk would make me more productive is if it blocked my access to Tumblr. Which, it does not. My books look cozy, though.
![Occupying Boston and Beyond, with Tent Libraries for All
John Ford, who temporarily shuttered his Metacomet alternative bookstore in Plymouth, Mass., to run the tent library, said it was intended to help protesters learn about systems they find frustrating and explore possible alternatives.
“I hope, at the very least, it just makes people more inclined to be thoughtful about what they’re doing here,” said Mr. Ford, 30, as he stood in front of a table piled with newly donated books that had yet to be filed. (Read more)
[photo by Gretchen Ertl]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltgxv4mAl11qknf0oo1_500.jpg)
Occupying Boston and Beyond, with Tent Libraries for All
John Ford, who temporarily shuttered his Metacomet alternative bookstore in Plymouth, Mass., to run the tent library, said it was intended to help protesters learn about systems they find frustrating and explore possible alternatives.
“I hope, at the very least, it just makes people more inclined to be thoughtful about what they’re doing here,” said Mr. Ford, 30, as he stood in front of a table piled with newly donated books that had yet to be filed. (Read more)
[photo by Gretchen Ertl]
Libreria Acqua Alta, Venezia.
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